It was created by Horace Burgess, who says that a divine vision told him to build a treehouse. “I was praying one day, and the Lord said, ‘If you build me a treehouse, I’ll see you never run out of material.”‘ Fourteen years later, he’s still building.
To be completely honest with you, I wasn’t really sure what to think when I first read this. I love the concept of a treehouse, but ten stories of it along with talk of divine inspiration seemed a little over the top. Then I read on. When asked why he built it, Burgess said he built it for everyone. And in case that sort of message isn’t clear enough, at the bottom of the tree house, a homemade sign reads, “Welcome Friends”
It’s probably very easy to judge or label Mr. Burgess as a religious extremist, or his treehouse as an obscure religious sactuary, but there are a couple things at play here that one cannot deny. Burgess shows conviction (and probably even courage). He had the vision and the intention to create something greater than himself. And he did. No matter what the backstory, that is always something very noteworthy.
“The Master’s Treehouse” in Tennessee? Definite place to visit.
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